Mike & Arielle Collins, & Adam Kantrovitz from Rawk Star Café

Welcome to the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast. In this episode, Kevin & Lori will discuss how Millennials are changing the food and restaurant scene. We will have an interview with Mike & Arielle Collins the owners of Rawk Star Café in St. Petersburg, and we will also be joined be the creator of the original Rawk Star Café in Oldsmar, Adam Kantrovitz. Blake Daniels will be our featured local music artist, and he will answer the Fast Five Foodies Questions. Lori has the tip of the week on making, keeping, and cancelling restaurant reservations.

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Mike and Arielle

The St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast features interviews with chefs, restaurateurs, sommeliers, bartenders, and more, and covers the burgeoning food scene in St. Petersburg, Florida. Episodes air every Tuesday.

This episode of the St. Petersburg Foodies Podcast is brought to you by Annata Wine Bar. Please keep them in mind the next time you are hungry for some fantastic food.

Our announcer is Candice Aviles from Meet the Chef and Channel 10 News. Our intro music is provided by The Chris Walker Band.

DISCLAIMER: Kevin, Lori, Abby, Haley, Lindsey, & Alexia do not dine anonymously (this would be impossible) and we sometimes get free food (though never expected). However, we dine with the locals and we support our own. You will always get honesty in a respectful manner.

I've always loved cooking. When I was 6-years old I wanted to cook. When my mom said that she was just running to the neighbor's and would be right back, I climbed onto the kitchen counter and found Lipton Instant French Onion Soup Mix. By the time my mom returned, I was stirring the pot on the stove, and proclaimed; "Look Mom! I'm cooking!"

In High School, I took three different cooking classes and got an A in each. After getting my first apartment, I used to cook 5-nights a week, and go out two nights. An old girlfriend from decades ago had a brother-in-law that was a CEO of a trucking company, and he used to entertain in Manhattan quite a bit ... and he started taking us along.

This was when I learned about gourmet food and fine wine. For a couple of years, Lori and I went out about 4-5 nights a week, but now we have a better balance of 50/50 between cooking at home, and going out to the amazing restaurants we are so lucky to have in our beloved Downtown St. Petersburg.